Has anyone posted a link to this year's hurricane names?  

http://www.wpbf.com/hurricanes/list-2013-hurricane-names/-/8886336/20156376/-/ep1ljo/-/index.html

+ Andrea
+ Barry
+ Chantal
+ Dorian
+ Erin
+ Fernand
+ Gabrielle
+ Humberto
+ Ingrid
+ Jerry
+ Karen
+ Lorenzo
+ Melissa
+ Nestor
+ Olga
+ Pablo
+ Rebekah
+ Sebastien
+ Tanya
+ Van
+ Wendy

My favorite is Orson Scott Card's Andrew "Ender" Wiggin. I really hope the movie adaptation (set for release in November, looks like) lives up to my astronomic expectations.  Even if it doesn't do the book justice, at least the names will be the same!

How about Jesstin?

Last Thursday, I encountered both a Sequoia and a Sequoya (in an urban area in the US.) Struck me as funny after reading this post. 

A girl named Hasty (rhyming with "nasty," for lack of a better rhyme) went to my high school and I always assumed it was an ethnic name because she had exotic looks and surname, but I never knew her heritage.  A Google search of her surname shows others with it from Iran.  A few name sites list "Hasti" and "Hastee" as Farsi/Persion names meaning "existence" or "life."

Much prettier potential rationale than "Hmm that word does sound nice" but who knows.

Gah, I hate to be this person, but I'd want to know.  Please delete this comment! 

I think you intended to say "cite the same two precedents" in paragraph three.

Is Sofia/Sophia too unspecific to 2012?

It just hit number one for the 2011 names (revealed this year) and NASA's SOFIA Spectrometer has been around for a few years, but this May it detected two new molecules.  Modern Family premiered in 2009, but Sofia Vergara seems to be as popular as ever now. Sophia is also a character in Walking Dead, which pre-dates 2011 but is ridiculously popular right now. Finally, Disney's Sofia the First debuted last week and has generated headlines regarding whether she is latina (enough.)

Am I missing anything? 

This is one I would dread having to call out in a list of names because I would fear butchering the pronunciation.  But that isn't the end of the world.  I think it could be okay with some super common Welsh last names, like Jones and Williams.

I find Beatrice easier to say when flowing into both Eloise and Radick.  Will you nickname them A and Bea? Is it obnoxious to ask that?  If so, I'm sorry.  

I, too, agree with everything EVie said.  As the mother of an Evie (nn for Elizabeth Violet) I obviously love that choice.  

I like Max, too.  If you find yourself really stuck on the four-letter thing, would you and your husband consider Mack as a 4-letter approximation? I prefer Max, but Mack is pretty cute!

How opposed are you two to using one of the timeless DH names as the formal first name, but a nickname with more panache? Catherine and Elizabeth each have a zillion diminutive options, but you could also go outside that box and use a name only tangentially related or totally unrelated, if that's appealing to you.  Neither of my kids' nicknames are standard for their super-traditional given names (William and Elizabeth) and it has never been any more of an issue than my own "I go by Kate" clarification of Katherine. My DH's grandfather, Oscar Paul, was known to most people as Jim.  It's a litte strange, but it never caused issues. 

Good luck! Hope your pregnancy is going smoothly and continues to do so. 

Ah!  Turns out I wasn't at my smartest yesterday. 

I went through the 2011 nationwide data and did a ctrl+f search for "er" in the boys names.  I'll sort into various lists and omit spelling variants.  

Fit all your criteria:

Avery
Everett, Everson, Everest, Everton
Emerson, Ederson
Alberto (other -bertos include Umberto)
Ernesto
Eliezer, Eluzer
Evander, Exander, Exavier, Azavier
Allister
Erickson
Erasmo
Iverson
Elier
Emerick
Aleric
Aerion, Erion
Eragon
Aryaveer
Erasmus
Acheron (character in a romance/fantasy series by Sherrilyn Kenyon, pronounced "Asher-on")
Anfernee

Traditional and/or top-1000 names with different syllablic structure:

Eric
Asher
Alexander
Albert
Archer
Earnest/Ernie
Aaron (kinda -er...)
Erwin
Elmer
Abner
Iker 

Others that are unusual but I like or can see others liking:

Alder
Adler
Ender (Orson Scott Card character; I think a movie is being made) 
Escher
Ember 

I'm with your wife.  I'd only do that if it were possible to first time-travel and ask my grown children for their chosen names.  

F is pretty amusing.  "Freyr: A Norse god associated with fair weather, among other things."   For a name-worthy storm?

Of those in your list, I've known:

Gilbert (30)
Warren (42, uses his middle name)
Dennis (several in their 50s and 60s)
Gene (would have been 61 this year)
Roosevelt (5, female)
Hortencia (40s, spelled Hortensia)
Glenda (late 60s)
Gerald (late 50s)
Kenton (30s)
Wanda (50s and one who would be in her 90s)
Rocky (late 80s, is a nickname)
Alvin (60s, and a jerk)

And I hope to someday meet a Jazzella. 

My son's Pre-K class roster:

Binish@
Ramon
D0monique
Christian
Montserr@t
Harper
Ethan
Camila
Alexis
Kennedy
H@nsung (goes by D@vid)
Mirabel
Victoria
Estefany
Jusiyah
Jules
Miles
Natalee
William (goes by Jack)
Justin
Daniela

 

I know two pregnant women with Andersoin their top-3 first names right now. 

Late to this thread as I am, I felt the need to reply just to tell you how much I love the original post and the responses.  Candor and Clarity make the joyous parts of my brain tingle. 

And I have some spare time on my hands, so this is what I'm finding in the 2011 data:

362 boys and 59 girls were named Sincere, while 5 girls were named Sincerity. I personally know a 5 year old Sensir, with the same pronunciation. 198 girls were named Honesty, another 66 with spelling variations, including Ahonesty, which seems to me to mean a lack thereof.  5 girls were simply Honest and 23 Truly. 29 boys and 19 girls were named Truth. 38 girls were named Verity.
Any hypotheses about this virtue's popularity compared to those below? 

Serenity was ranked #66 amongst girls last year with 3,822. It's one of only two -ity names given to any boys last year  (8 were named Serenity and 33 were named Trinity.) 
Same question: Hypotheses?
 
40 girls were named Divinity.  (Maybe that 'v' boosted it above the others?)
41 boys and 31 girls were named Wisdom. 

26 girls were named Spirit.
24 girls and 11 boys were named Freedom. 
22 girls and 5 boys were named Favour and 19 girls and 14 boys were named Favor. 
21 girls were named Unity.
17 girls were named Clarity.
11 girls were named Epiphany. 
15 girls were named Purity.
22 girls and 5 boys were named Peace. 
28 girls were named Amity.

10 boys and 7 girls were named Courage. 28 boys were named Braven. (On the other hand, 35 girls were named Fraidy.) 

24 boys were named Servando, literally "serving" in Spanish. Servando Carrasco is an American soccer player who may have helped this one a bit.

Only 307 girls were named Charity and 41 were named Chastity. Both established names with more babies than most on this list, but presumably they are falling.  I surmise they may end up hanging out with the other virtues on this list, around the 20 babies per year mark, unless pushed by something.   

There were 55 girls named Lovely last year and 8 more named Lovelee. 69 were named Love, and 61 named Amor.  Along similar, but different virtue, lines, Lively seems name-like now that Blake Lively is around and some may like it as a first, but I don't see it used last year.  

Not sure if the following qualify as virtues:

39 girls and 13 boys were named Victory. 
17 girls were named Charm. 
189 girls and 6 boys were named Treasure. 
39 were named Beautiful and 19 Beauty. 
Luxury:  77 girls and 17 boys were named Lux last year and 12 girls were named Luxe. 6 boys were named Damoney and I wonder how it is pronounced. 5 girls were named Prosperity. 

And pretty sure these aren't virtues, but some people use them: 

104 girls were named Desire.
36 girls were named Envy.  
34 girls were named Vanity. 

I love Marian.  Go for it!  I agree that Marianne seems more dated and Marian fits will with the Lillians and Vivians. I'd keep the 'a' spelling, though, since that maintains the family tie and every Marion I've known has been male, so it seems to me to be the masculine version, but I haven't looked that up. 

Congratulations! I wish you a speedy and gentle recovery.